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3 more bodies recovered from collapsed Mandalay Sky Villa

Three more women’s bodies were found on the morning of 27 May, under the rubble of the Sky Villa condominium in Mandalay that collapsed due to the Mandalay earthquake, according to the Myanmar Fire Service Department.
MFSD is continuing to search and clear the rubble of buildings, and while they were working to clear the rubble of the Sky Villa with machinery, the three bodies were recovered from Complex B, Room J4, between 9:20 am and 9:45 am.

North Korea media: State security minister has departed for Russia

A North Korean media outlet says that the head of the country's secret police has departed for Russia to attend an international conference.

The ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported in Tuesday's edition that state security minister Ri Chang Dae left the capital of Pyongyang on Monday.

South Korean media outlets have reported that Ri is expected to hold talks with Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu while he is in Russia for the gathering.

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GAZA May 26 

At least 33 Palestinians, including 18 children and six women, were killed and dozens of others injured in an Israeli airstrike early Monday morning targeting the Fahmi Al-Jarjawi school sheltering displaced families, according to Gaza’s Civil Defence. 

Mahmoud Basal, a civil defense spokesperson, told Xinhua that searching operations, still underway for missing persons under the rubble, were hampered by the scale of the devastation. 

Two endangered tiger species survive in northern and southern Myanmar

Nine species of tigers live in 13 countries around the world, including the critically endangered Bengal tiger in Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Myanmar and the Indonesian tiger in Taninthayi Reserved Forest in southern Myanmar.

Oyster mushroom consumption increases, helping growers making profit

The oyster mushroom consumption has risen and as a profitable crop, it has helped growers making money.

At present, the oyster mushroom trade has elevated and the price is good too, said growers. “The trade has increased. My farm has produced oyster mushroom weighs 100-200 visses a day. The consumption has risen than before,” said a person who grows and sells oyster mushroom.